DSD Season 2′s India leg comes to an end
The Ford Figo Discover Smart Drive Season 2 culminated this afternoon in Kolkata. The week-long cross-country journey created memories worth a lifetime for the teams and their fans. Making it even more meaningful, the drive concluded with each of the participating teams planting saplings to make the journey and drive carbon-neutral. The drive had kicked [...]
DSD Season 2 Day 8: End of the road!
It’s the last day of Discover Smart Drive Season 2! Most teams are already at their final destination and are excited about their final tasks and to know which team has won. Here’s what happened yesterday: Team Gaadi: Bunny and Bobby From Pushkar, Bunny and Bobby drove to Jodhpur’s famous Umaid Bhavan palace. They reached [...]
DSD Season 2 Day 7: The last stretch!
Just one day left for DSD Season 2 to wrap up! The teams are on the last leg of their amazing journeys, with Team Backup Backpackers already at their final stop, and the others well on their way there. Driving over good roads and bad, the teams have driven hundreds of kilometers in their Figo, [...]
DSD Season 2 Day 5: Enjoying the open road!
Fun tasks, long journeys and the open road are part of the daily routine at DSD Season 2. This morning, Teams Gaadi and Bhai Giri “recover” from the parties they organised last evening, even as Team Gaadi gears up for Rajasthan. Meanwhile Team Backup Backpackers are exploring small-town India, which they would perhaps have not [...]
DSD Season 2 Day 4: Halfway through!
It’s the fourth day of the Discover Smart Drive, and halfway through this amazing journey, our teams have already seen plenty of adventures but their enthusiasm remains. Today Team Geckos are hunting for the largest rock-cut architecture on the Coromandel Coast, while Team Bhai Giri will be in Goa but may not get a chance [...]
DSD Season 2 Day 1: Missions of the Day
On Day 1 of Discover Smart Drive Season 2, the missions for the four teams ranged from eating at a number of restaurants to finding a clock store in a crowded city. Here’s a quick look at the missions of the first day of DSD Season 2. Team Gaadi: Bunny and Bobby In Jammu, Bunny [...]
Discover Smart Drive Season 2 kicks off today!
As promised earlier, Discover Smart Drive Season 2 (DSD Season 2) is back! While the first round last year was fun, we’re excited that the second edition will bring plenty more thrilling action! Today, three participating teams and one mentor team will set off on exciting road trips in the Ford Figo from different parts [...]
Ford Figo Bharat Yatra: Curtains fall on a grand tour
Whooooooosh…the Ford Figo caravan zoomed into the final destination of the Ford Figo Bharat Yatra, Bhubaneswar, Orissa. It was October 19and the Maharashtra-Orissa segment of the Yatra was culminating. A welcome tent had been set up to receive the Figo team and celebrate a triumphant 84 days on the road. This cross-country took the team [...]
Ford Figo Bharat Yatra: Journey through deserts, mountains and valleys
All good times have to end, and the Ford Figo Bharat Yatra is no exception. Through this week different segments of the Yatra are wrapping up after having travelled 100-odd days each across different parts of the country. Yesterday, as three segments—Punjab, Kerala and Orissa—culminated, the teams received a rousing welcome from members of the [...]
Ford Figo Bharat Yatra: After 100 days on the road, it’s time for goodbyes
After adding over 15,000 kilometers to the Ford Figo odometer, our team in Tamil Nadu said farewell to the Ford Figo Bharat Yatra on October 16. The flag-off for this team began nearly four months earlier in Gujarat. For 100-odd days, they have traversed Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, taking the Figo to sleepy towns and [...]
